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Album Summary
Performer
Fred Sherry (Cello)
Notes & Reviews:
"This is Schoenberg for people who hate Schoenberg. The Five Pieces for Orchestra, far from sounding radical or appallingly dissonant as they must have in 1909, now impress us as impressionistic, atmospheric, and evocative. The loony Cello Concerto after Monn and the Brahms Piano Quartet are both modern classics in the art of transcription, not to mention one composer's very strongly personalized view of his predecessors. Robert Craft's performances are uniformly impressive, particularly in the Cello Concerto. Its appallingly difficult solo part is handled with consummate intelligence and virtuosity by Fred Sherry, and the accompaniment hardly could be clearer or cleaner in texture. The Brahms is very good too, surpassed only by Craft himself in his earlier Sony recording with the Chicago Symphony. This newcomer, however, does enjoy much better sonics, and at the Naxos price makes an excellent bargain." -Classics Today
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Works Details
Schoenberg, Arnold : Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16 - Conductor: Robert Craft
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (05/28/1994/05/29/1997)
- Running Time: 16 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1909
Schoenberg, Arnold : Concerto for Cello in D major after Harpsichord Concerto in D by G.M. Monn - Performer: Fred Sherry (Cello)
- Conductor: Robert Craft
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 16 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1932-1933
Schoenberg, Arnold : Transcription for orchestra of Brahms' Piano Quartet no 1 in G minor - Conductor: Robert Craft
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 42 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1937
